I feel badly about the photo thing...I'll try to do that by mid-week...but I had to chime in about my box. After all the relatives and other company had eaten us out of house and home and finally taken their leave I dove for the box...and was not disappointed. Quite the contrary. I was amazed at the level and selection. So, in no particular order, inside the box was:

1 - half pound bag of John Patton's, "Virginia Squire". (I''ve not tried it before, but it sure smells good!)1 - half pound bag of John Patton's "Stormfront". (YES! There IS an Easter bunny! - This is my favorite blend in the world.)1 - tin of KingFisher - (Love it! Haven't had it for years. Will soon love it anew.)1 - tin of Dunhill Flake - (Seriously good stuff.)1 - tin of Hamborger Veermaster - (Windjammer 'baccy - one of the world's great Virginias.)1 - tubby tin of Rattray's Black Virginia - (About which I know nothing!)3 - bundles of cleaners - (Something I always need and use...a great addition.)1 - Amazing Bjarne (handmade) Straight Apple Panel...Diamond Shank...Sorta Lovat Stemed. Its Partially Rusticated with a Smooth Panel on each side of the bowl. The grain is stunning on this one. It's like...if the bowl dove into a vat of georgous grain...chin first...and it streaked up the front and sides of the bowl at about a 15 degree angle, leaving the back of the bowl totally birdseyed...that would be this pipe. Very traditional, esp. for a Danish, and very masculine. Hand made certainly. It looks as though the rustication was added after the pipe was made as it covers part of the stamping...and looks JUST like the "micro-rustication" that is the hallmark of Brackner pipes. A real prize, and one that will always have a special place and bring good thoughts of the sender.

I was pleasantly surprised at how great of a smoke that Storm Front is. No bite. Satisfying strength. Just load and go. Tamp it when the pipe trys to go out. Smokes to the bottom of the bowl with no attention whatsoever.

So - where does anyone get Bufflehead? I've seen it on the review site, but never been able to find it. I thought it might no longer be in production, etc. Is it still being made (yes, I know the tins in the exchange box were older...but it never hurts to ask!

So - where does anyone get Bufflehead? I've seen it on the review site, but never been able to find it. I thought it might no longer be in production, etc. Is it still being made (yes, I know the tins in the exchange box were older...but it never hurts to ask!

It's gone. David Windsor was put out of business by the Missouri tax people about 5 years ago.

Well, unfortunately, that makes sense...in a way...you know what I mean.

Actually, it didn't. If he'd sold the tobacco in bags all would have been well. But he used tins, which triggered some obscure sub-paragraph in the law that left him stuck with back taxes on 30 years of sales.

I hope the just-out-of-college asshat career climber who got his brownie points for digging up obscure legal trivia---"Hey, boss, look at this!"---enjoyed his "success." After all, even tiny-minded, greedy little vermin like him don't get to destroy an old man's only livelihood every day.

Got my package today before going to work on night shift. Turned an otherwise really bad day into a great one.As you can see, quite a haul. Two 50g tins of Dunhill mixtures I have been wanting to try, a tin of Escudo, two Peterson offerings (Irish Flake and Peterson's Perfect Plug) and a tin of McBaren's Navy Flake. Fluffy and Bristly pipe cleaners and a wonderful Johs pipe, the bowl of which easily swallows my entire thumb. That should make a great flake pipe!

I am and ! The only problem is I prolly won't get much sleep today. I'll be too busy trying out that new pipe and one of those wonderful flakes. Good thing I have the rest of the night to decide which one.